Any one know the maximun age to join the service?

[Lost4words]

I have just been to the Army website and if there is anything for a 52 year old I will take it.

15K a year looks pretty damn good to me after 5 years of fruitless job searching and no income at all.

I wish to GOD there was a job core where I could just go work all day and have room and board provided.

thanks for any suggestions or imput. Never in my life would I have imagened that while being in good health I would not be able to find ANY job.

thanks

[The Anti-Neo Con]

1. You may be out of luck.

Last I heard was that 42 was their age ceiling.

[Lost4words]

3. The way the need people maybe I could fake my age.

I can look 42 do you think they would catch it?

[SteppingRazor]

5. Yeah. It's 42 for active Army and Army Reserves...

and it only drops from there:

Active Army - 42
Army Reserves - 42
Active Air Force - 27
Air Force Reserve - 34
Active Navy - 34
Naval Reserves - 39
Active Marines - 28
Marine Corps Reserve - 29
Active and Reserve Coast Guard - 27

Source: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/joiningthemilitary/a/enlstandards.htm

[Squatch]

2. As long as you're not a felon, HS dropout, or have a lot of tatoos...

oh, wait...we're taking those, too.

[Lost4words]

6. thats why I think I might be able to skirt in.

I am dead already, so catching a bullett over there wouldnt be such a bad thing, maybe I could save the life of a younger personn that may have a future. Mines gone and I know it

[seabeyond]

4. talking to a friend the other night, he said he called and it is 37

he is in his low 40's adn they said no to him

[Lost4words]

8. G damnit!

Why did your friend call? Same boat as me?

[seabeyond]

11. tshhh. not even. trust fund baby, gonna be taking care of for life

just an ass that appreciates nothing he has. been married for a while and bitch all the way thru marriage yet stays cause.... lord knows why. thinking get away if joined army. plus real fox watchin rw and into all that stuff. told him could get him an inside to contractors in iraq, and death, wink.... sure he would wuss out

[Lowell]

7. If you have prior service

you subtract the years of prior service from your actual age. If that is 42 or below I think you can re-enlist. You have to be able to complete 20 years by age 62.

[Lost4words]

9. No, I never wanted to be military.

[Lowell]

10. I served 15 years

and have no desire to return. I'll be 60 soon and KBR tried to recruit me to do my old job at an obscene salary. Couldn't pay me enough to go back into that shit.

[philb]

12. talk about a forrst gump moment.....

no further text required

[Broadslidin]

13. Lying About Your Age is No Problem for Army Recruiters......!

Even emitting a strong street :blush: odor
is No Problem...!!

[aikoaiko]

14. If you have any skills in demand, I'd do Blackwater, Halliburton, or KBR

if I were ok with going into a war zone.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Try San Diego PD

they have no age limit

[pitohui]

16. they did raise the age into the 40s but not quite enough for you

not knowing what your skills are, if you're highly skilled halliburton is offering wages considerably above army scale

good luck, my friend

age discrimination is real, i'm younger than you and don't even bother to dream of having a real job again

they just don't want us on their health benefit plans between the years of 45 or so and when we're eligible for medicare

we need universal health care for ALL ages, it would cut down on a lot of this